Reuters: Driven by AI demand, TSMC plans to spend nearly $2.9B to build an advanced packaging facility in northern Taiwan and says current capacity is “very tight” — Driven by a surge in demand for artificial intelligence, Taiwanese chip maker TSMC (2330.TW) plans to invest nearly T$90 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says Twitter “made sense when it was just 140 character messages” and the move “is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing” — – Billionaire to build fintech services atop social platform — Discarding the Twitter name reflects loftier goals, he says Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Prosus says Indian edtech giant Byju’s “disregarded advice” on “strategic, operational, legal, and corporate governance”, after cutting its valuation to $5.1B — Prosus, one of the largest investors in Byju’s, expressed its disappointment in the edtech giant’s reporting … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram rolls out creator subscriptions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the UK, expanding on support in the US — Meta announced today that it’s rolling out Instagram subscriptions to all eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Xiaomi plans to focus on 5G phones and reduce its range in India, trying to claw back market share lost to Samsung and other rivals in its second biggest market — – India is smartphone maker’s biggest market after China — Xiaomi has fallen to No. 4 after once dominating the market Lees verder op Tech Meme
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple opens applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits, offering developers a “loaner” to build apps alongside specialized hardware and software support — Apple today announced the release of Apple Vision Pro developer kits, with developers able to apply to receive a kit starting today. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix rolls out a My Netflix tab on iOS, superseding the Downloads tab to offer downloads, watch lists, reminders, and more; Android gets My Netflix in August — Netflix has rolled out a new feature designed to — what else? — get you to stream as much as possible on the service. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Commentary: I’d like to see a bigger cover screen, longer battery life and more features that make use of the Flip’s foldable design.Lees verder op Cnet
The company is earning big profits on gasoline cars and trucks but is struggling to catch up to Tesla in the fastest-growing segment of the auto market.Lees verder op New York Times
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Apple faces a £785M class action lawsuit, claiming to represent over 1,500 app developers, over its App Store fees at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal — Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday found itself the target of a 785-million-pound ($1 billion) class action lawsuit brought … Lees verder op Tech Meme